Project Revamp

Here's one project revamp.. Bought this simple pink long sleeved t-shirt quite some time ago, but I rarely wear it cuz the neckline is a bit low cut.. Wearing a spaghetti strap inside made me look extra fat, so that's certainly not helping.. Plus, wearing two layers of shirts in Malaysian humid weather proved to be a bit uncomfortable.. :P

It's a simple project, really.. Take another piece of shirt that matches, (in this case, I took my white tube), attach the 2 pieces together with pin, then sew.. Voila, problems solved..

If I still look like nangka after this, then I have an entirely different issue altogether.. One that needs proper diet and exercise.. Huhu.. 

Toodles!

Project Revamp : Old T shirts

Was cleaning up the closet to free up some space. I actually gave away most of my clothes last year to here, but my closet is still full of clothes! I realize now that I don't have the heart to part with most of them due to a lot of reasons.. Memories, design hard to find nowadays, hoping to pass some of them to my children, hoping that I'd be able to wear them one day.. huhu.. I just can't stick to my friend's rule of 'If there is one item that you don't use within a year, throw it away'. The thing is, I haven't worn these clothes for a lot of years.. So, how leh? :P

I have like 3 piles of t-shirts that I have not worn since uni life.. And uni life was years back.. I am thinking of revamping them.. Maybe that would help freeing up space in my closet. I googled online and saw these potentials.. 

1) Shrug t-shirt

source: make-it-love-it

2) t-shirt quilt/ blanket

source: the green school house series @ project repat

3) Grocery Bag

source : washington city paper

4) A wall art

source : crafting a green world

5) As a gift wrap?

source : make and do girl

 

source : make-it-love-it

6) A cloth diaper?

source : magical-mama

There are  also a lot of ideas, inclusive of tutorial that one can get from pinterest.

Supercool, eh? But somehow, I couldn't help but wonder.. Where do I keep these things, if I ever decide to make them? Erkk..

Cheerios!

Laundry Bag - repurpose

Got this freebie whilst attending a seminar few months back.. Laundry bag with a stand.. I prefer sturdier old styled basket to stash my dirty laundry.. So, I have no use of this as a laundry bag.. I do like the material, though... And the polkadotty design.. I guess the only fair thing to do is re-purposing! Unstitched the seams, took out my scissors and snip snip snip..

From this:

 to this:

Preferred choice of basket..

 

pic source here

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 This! My new toy.. :)

Am now in ciwi mode.. Got many projects lined up..

Jangan hangat-hangat chicken poo sudah..  :P

Toodles!

Hard Disk Sleeve

Hello!

Mesin Jahit Bunda buat hal.. Mogok ke apa ntah? Benang 'tension' kot.. Orang dah berkobar-kobar nak buat baju untuk external hard disk.. Boleh pulak dia demam.. Mementang skang musim demam.. Huhu.. Maka, ada part yang terpaksa handstitch.. End up nya I pun tension sama! huhu..

Nasib baik guna prinsip, Usaha Tangga Kejayaan.. Alas, nampaklah juga hasilnya.. Walaupun tak kemas sangat, tapi bolehlaaa.. Here you are, one simple hard disk sleeve.. Made of baju kurung leftovers.. Sebenarnya ada part yang nak kene tetas semula, dan nak kene hantar kedai untuk dibuat lubang butang.. Lubang butang tu, tak dapatlah nak jahit tangan.. walaupun dah dapat inspirasi dari sini, tapiii, ermmm, tapiii, cubaan yang dibuat tu tak berhasil.. =P Takpelah, lain kali, kita cuba lagi la ye.. Hehe..

An advice, minta lebihan kain dari tukang jahit bila hantar kain untuk buat baju kurung.. There are lots of stuff you can sew from the leftovers.. You can even wrap gifts with them! Cool, no?

Kalau bukan sebab Mesin Jahit Bunda merajuk, sure bahagian dalamnya I dah jahit poket bagai.. (alasan!) Dalam gambar tak nampak, tapi ade certain stitch yang benang atas tak catch benang bawah.. erm, sila buat-buat faham je explanation itu.. hehe..

Maaf ye, saya takde kamera DSLR.. Compact digicam je ada.. Dah tu, tak reti pulak nak snap gambar cantik2.. Tapi, tak kire! Gambar butang yang blurry tetap nak masuk dalam entry jugak.. Hehe.. Sebab saya rasa butang ini omel!

Sekian.

Bye!

Project ReVamp 1

Can I call this my first Project ReVamp? It is not exactly 'old shirt', in fact, I just bought it last 2 weeks.. Yeah, I know.. The colour is so dull, I'm sure you'd believe if I say it's old.. Hehe..

Problem I have with this shirt is the collar.. So, off with thy head!

Eh?

Okie, I'm sure you get what I meant..

:P

I think the picture above speaks louder than a thousand words of gibberish..

Happy days!

Project ReVamp

We have some old clothes that we no longer want to wear.. Most of them are still in good condition and have been given away. But some are just wayyy too out of fashion that I don't think anyone would actually want them. The materials are still in a good condition though, so it feels wrong to simply throw them away. They are still sturdy, and some are still vibrant in colours.. They produced good qualities of materials in the old days.. Nowadays, hampeh!

So yeah, this is a classic case of 'Nak buang sayang, Nak pakai dah out of date..' Hepp!! Jangan mencebik ye.. I bukan perasan bagus ke apa.. Tapi, sanggupkah anda pakai seluar bell bottom ayah @ ibu anda dan jalan-jalan di Pavilion atau Cineleisure pada hujung minggu bersama yang tersayang? Bagitau I skang! Kalau sanggup, I hantar kat u all esok.. :P

Huhu.. so now, they sit in a bag, until they rot and ready to be thrown away.. Kalau buat karangan 'Saya sehelai baju', sure ending dia lebih kurang begini.. "Sekarang, tinggallah saya bersama teman-teman pakaian yang lain, mengira detik, menanti hari bila kami dibuang secara rasminya oleh tuan kami." Tsk, sedihnyaa..

Drama!

Anyhew, I have an idea on how I could make a slight change to the end bit of that sorrowful essay.. I'm going to call that idea 'Project ReVamp'.. Aha! I'm sure you know where I'm heading with this.. I would try to revamp the old clothes and turn them into something else.. Call it re-purposing ke apa ke tak kisah laa.. But I like the word ReVamp better.. mungkinkah malam ini I akan berjumpa Vampire bernama Edward Cullen?.. haha.. Tak nak la! I prefer Jacob the Werewolf!

So, stay tune for my first Project Werewolf! Eh, Project ReVamp.. haha..



Credit to : http://www.margaretsworld.com/litm-garou/links.html

Oh, btw, the first Project ReVamp mungkin hanya akan membuat kemunculannya pada tahun hadapan.. hehehe.. :P !




Toodles dearies!

Sewing Projects: The four unfinished projects

As mentioned in my previous entry, I have 4 sewing projects to finish up.. So, saya buat satu entry khas tentang projek-projek tersebut supaya saya tidak lupa!

1) Sulaman Reben (Ribbon Embroidery: Initial 'a' )

I think this particular RE project has been in that state for a couple of years already.. You see, whenever I design my own RE pattern, I would be indecisive.. Especially, if the design is a bit elaborate.. I find it difficult to answer this simple question: "Is it completed?" Tengok ni, kadang-kadang saya rasa dah cukup dah.. Tak perlu tambah bunga dah.. Kadang-kadang saya rasa macam ada something missing.. Tapi, nak tambah apa lagi? Kalau tambah-tambah nanti kalau tak cantik macam mana?

When I could not answer that question, I cannot move on to my next question:
"What shall I make with it? A Tote Bag? A Cushion cover? Atau frame kan aje?"

Sebab tak boleh jawab the first question, maka lipat-lipat masuk dalam beg..

Since then, I would work in reverse.. Saya akan fikirkan end product before I start with any projects.. Lebih mudah sebab kita dah boleh tahu apa keperluan end product tersebut.. Contohnya, I'd know if I should go to the shop and buy zipper, ribbons or bias tape..

2) Teddy Bear


Tengok badan dia ni, macam katak pun ada kan?





Ini Nina punya.. Mama dia beli kat US.. berbeza sungguh rupanya dengan si katak di atas..



Yang ini kesnya sebab konon-konon sayang nak buang perca kain.. Jumpa free pattern online, terus gedik2 nak cuba.. last2 malas nak jahit tang kepala dia.. Tiba-tiba teringat cerita Ali Baba Bujang Lapuk.. Panggil Apek jahit kepala..

Awas Apek longkang oi kaki melompat

Apek jaga depan ada longkang!

3) Baju Kurung

Hehe.. Saya baruu nak belajar jahit baju kurung.. Belajar dari kawan-kawan yang memang dah pro jahit baju kurung.. Hasilnya, tengoklah sendiri.. Terkandas di tengah jalan.. Eh, saya bukan salahkan tok guru saya.. They are awesome teachers.. Anak murid yang agak gayat nak cantum jahit, tak confident.. Seriau tak muat nak pakai baju yang dijahit sendiri.... But don't worry, I am slowly gaining my confidence.. Insya Allah.. Kalau tidak, jangankan nak mencantum, nak menggunting kain pun tak lepas-lepas! Tujuan asal nak belajar ialah supaya saya boleh jahit baju kurung sendiri.. Kalau tak confident, macam mana nak capai tujuan asal, kan? Oh, dan juga sebab saya tak mahu seni menjahit baju kurung hilang ditelan zaman.. Aiceh.. Bajet jawapan standard Gadis Melayu ayu pulak I.. Cet..

4) Nina's Quilt Cover

Nina is my eldest niece.. Anak buah yang sulung.. Si comel yang bila takde, rindu.. Bila ada, constantly buat my blood go upstairs.. Samalah dengan yang lagi dua orang tu.. Kalau baik, memang die oranglah the cutest little angels.. Kalau nakal, rasa nak gigit2 jek..

Anyways, I promised my sister to make Nina one nice little cushion cover.. That was like three years back? Long story cut short, the promise somehow turned into making a queen sized quilt cover.. In case you're wondering why this particular project is not completed yet after three longg years, let me just repeat myself once more.. QUEEN SIZED QUILT COVER.. need I say more? My progress is like 25%, kot? When If this project is finished, I'll tell you why it took me such a long time to finish.. Maybe I need even not tell you why.. You'll know when you see it.. :P You don't get to see it now cuz it's suppose to be a surprise.. Kalau dah siap, takpe..

Haih.. Okie.. We have roughly a month and a half to go before 2011.. I would try my bestest (best of the best) to finish up project 1 - 3 before the end of the year.. That one last project? I give it 6 more months, eh? Hehehe..

So, till we meet again..

Toodles!

Sewing Project: Cake Mixer Cover

Yeay.. Another sewing project completed!



From this..



To this.. :)

My sister's cake mixer cover.. I showed it to her last Saturday when it was about 80% done.. She liked it.. I'm sure she would be thrilled to know that it is now finished.. I normally take a loonggg time to finish any sewing projects.. Hehe.. Coincidentally, this would go well with her kitchen theme colour.. Green! Funny, cuz I didn't actually consider that when I chose the fabric.. :P

It fits nicely with my cake mixer.. Memanglah, dah beli cake mixer yang sama! :P

Hampir-hampir rasa tak nak bagi.. But mum gave me idea on how MY cake mixer cover would hopefully look like.. So, another sewing project in my To Sew List.. Thanks mum.. for the inspiration.. :)

But I have to finish 4 sewing projects before starting that one off.. Yikes!

Okie now dearies.. Till next we meet..

Toodles!

Smile From Your Liver

If you haven't watched Eat.Pray.Love, the subject above will put a question mark on the top of your head, I'm sure. :) 

Takpe. Lolly explains.. Liver = Heart.

Sekarang, faham tak?

Ok, saya bagi masa untuk awak work out the equation.

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3..

Eh, tak dapat tangkap lagi? Aiyaa.. Seloww laa! Takpe, cuba lagi..

*Smiles

So, as the subject reads, I had plenty of things to smile about.. I had a productive weekend with baking/cooking and sewing projects.. So, let us see what the projects were:

1) My sister's cake mixer cover..

In this picture you can see the two sides of what I hope would turn out as The Cover, which must be attached to the center part, which I have not yet sewn.. All senget benget.

Lovely.

*Smiles

2) Puding Rumah @ Puding Bumbung

Mum had been raving about this since she saw Mak Uda made one last Ramadan. Hint = Buat, jangan tak buat. So, we did and what you see in the picture below was the outcome. Ada tak ala-ala rumah panjang? Ke macam rumah setinggan? Tee hee.. It has more room for improvement, I'd say.

Takut tengok kaler bumbung.. Terlebih taruk cat biru.. hehe

3) Fruit Cocktail Pudding

A friend has just moved into a new apartment in Kota Damansara. So, I thought I'd bring some nice cold puddings. Konon2 macam house warming party walhal langsir pun belum naik lagi. The decision of actually going there was kind of a last minute call, so the puddings pun last minute la jugak. As a result, they didn't exactly 'set', as in they didn't quite hardened as much and were not as cold as I would've liked them to be. But they tasted ok, I think. Sorry no picture, am making a mental note of taking some pictures when I make them some other time and post them along with the recipe. It's so very easy. You can do it in 15 minutes time or less..

Later, we watched a late night movie in Cineleisure. Guess the title of the movie? Yes darlings, it was 'Eat, Pray, Love'. Sangat amazing tak tertidur dalam cinema. Am not going to start doing movie reviews here, but it was actually an OK movie. Not kebabom but OK.. I like OK movies.. so there.. fullstop..

4) Puding karamel

Iye, hujung minggu yang penuh dengan kegilaan puding. Kegilaan diteruskan dengan caramel puddings. Lihat gambar, ada tak bak bulan purnama? Berlubang-lubang and all wrinkled up. Hehe.. Should have seen them masa dalam pengukus. They were puffing up and I was like 'Ni puding ke apam ni?' Mind you, I have not been making caramel puddings for so many years. Hehe.. So, terima je lah seadanya. Janji boleh makan.

5) Faiz D's Blankie

I've shown you Tish's baby quilt, yang ini pulak abang die punya. They're gonna have their birthday party this Saturday, combine sekali je sebab budak kecik yang nama Tisha tu macam la faham pun amende itu birthday party.. I used batting for Tish's, and her name was beautifully embroidered, but that was because I did the sewing at Snazzy's. She has sewing machines yang boleh jahit macam2.. And she has sewing gadgets yang macam2.. Saya hanya ada pembaris, kapur biru, gunting dan Mesin Jahit Bunda. So, I did a simple blanket for my little hero. With baby blue fleece at the back. Konon2 nak buat bantal sekali, tapi jahit tepi untuk blanket ni pun tak siap lagi. And I have only one more week to go! Erm, ditching the bantal idea kot.. Hehe..

Well, those pretty much summed up what I did last weekend. There were loads of other stuff as well but they don't fall under the crafting @ baking @ cooking @ sewing category. (Eh, tapi tgk movie pun tak termasuk dlm kategori tu.. Tee hee..)

I made all these for the people that I care, love and cherish. I may not be able to pull off any of it with perfection, but I made them with a smile from my liver.

Okie dearies, till next we meet. Toodles!

Sewing Class

No, I am not conducting any sewing classes.. Haha.. Mahu sesat semua anak murid.. It has been a looong time since I last sewn anything. I used to take Home Science Economy (translated: Ekonomi Rumah Tangga - ERT) as an elective subject when I was in Form 1 - 3.. I must say, I preferred the KMT better though (can't remember what it stands for) cuz it was more technical.. A lot of carpentry, mechanical etc.. which I love.. ERT taught finer, delicate and more feminine skills like sewing and cooking.. I remember once we had to sew a skirt - which I hate.. There was also a quilt project or some sort.. If my memory serves me right, I think the result of the projects turned out quite ok but I didn't like any of them.. hehe.. Which explains why I did not keep any of them.. Haha.. But don't get me wrong, I like sewing and stuff but those projects were really driving me nuts..

So you see, between those days until now, I've never really sewn anything.. Some teeny tiny projects maybe, and a bit of altering here and there but those were just about it, I think.. Lately, I have a renewed passion in crafting, and that includes sewing.. I stumbled upon http://www.snazzyandsuch.com/ and discovered that she conducts sewing classes. I thought I needed a refresh course on sewing, so I contacted her, made the arrangements and went learning. And these were the results.. I completed all these in 2 days.. I amazed myself.. really.. :P

  

I gave this to a dear friend @ the office

Dah jadi travelling solat bag

 

Placemat yang senget-benget



Oh, I also did a cute pin cushion but I gave it to a friend's little baby.. Tak sempat ambil gambar.. Snazzy, my lovely tutor commented that I should not have taken beginner's class cuz my sewing skills are really not that bad.. I guess I underestimated myself.. I should thank my late Opah and my ERT teachers for that.. I had fun though.. And I amazed myself for being able to complete all these projects in 2 days.. hehe..

Okie dearies, till next we meet..

Toodles!



Sewing Projects: A Quilt, A Hairband and A Bag

Lama sungguh menyepi.. hehe.. but only in the blogosphere.. in real world, I have been busy as a bee! Ramadan has been absolutely wonderful.. All I can say is Syukur, Alhamdulillah.. *smiles

Anyways, I've completed some sewing projects during my hiatus.. Enjoy the pics! :)



Tish's Quilt



Nina's Hairband



Mum's grocery bag turned totebag





Sewing Project: Love Tree Tote Bag

Remember my love tree paper bag? I did say I have another project in mind, right? Well, here it is.. My love tree tote bag.. :)

Those buttons look edible, don't you think? Macam Champs chewable vitamins, hehehe..

If you notice, the tree looks way different from the one I drew on my paper bag. I improvised a little.. The right word would be... innovate? This was inspired from a certain tote bag and a certain tshirt for babies.. hehe..

Anyways, I'm so happy with the outcome.. Now, I am thinking of reproducing a few more for my baby nieces and put their initials on them too.. Till then..

 

Toodles!

Mesin Jahit Bunda

Introducing mum's sewing machine.. cap Singer.. Ok, iklan kejap..

"Singer, menawan keluarga bahagiaa.." Biasa dengar tak? Hehe.. nostalgia la pulak..

You'd think that this old chap (bukan crap ye) has been in the family for generations.. Well, sorry to say that it has not.. It was bought second hand just recently, or entah berapa banyak hands pun I tatau.. hehe.. Mum used to have a well loved sewing machine, also a Singer, tapi dah bawa balik kampung.. But I think my aunt in kampung still uses my late grandma's sewing machine.. which is wayy older.. hehe..

I kinda like this machine cuz it really feels old school.. You use your feet to move the motor.. So, it saves energy.. Cool, no? Of course, it has a very limited feature, capable of only doing straight stitches.. Even so, I managed to complete several sewing missions using this old chap (see, not a crap!).. Not bad, huh?

Okie then, till next we meet! Cheerios!

Sewing Project: Cushion Cover

One cushion cover done.. I love the happy, cheerful pastel coloured flowers.. Am giving this to mama so that she can place it in her car... Consider it a pre-birthday gift.. Her birthday is in June.. Love you lots mama!

p/s: Seriously, I'm finding working with zippers too cumbersome.. Maybe a bit too ambitious for beginners like me?.. Well, practice makes perfect, no?

Toodles!

Sewing Project: The Handphone Cover

A sewing project completed by yours truly.. Renyah ok buat nih.. Especially bila nak jahit zip tang kona tu (apa, ingat bawak motosikal je ada kona2 baring? heheh.. ok, lawak tak lucu).. Oh, tahu tak maksud renyah? Maknanya leceh.. I underestimated this project.. Ingatkan senang jek, boleh la i yang tak tere menjahit ni nak cuba2 buat.. Turns out, sampai peluh2 i duduk menjahit dalam bilik bibik.. Entah berapa kali dok tetas, jahit, tetas, jahit.. The hot weather does not help.. (Kasihan sama Bumi.. It's dying..)..

Well, at least siaplah jugak.. So, inilah hasilnya.. Gambar diambil menggunakan handphone yang akan mendiami handphone cover ini.. Maaf, gambar agak blur:

Apapun, i bangga jugak sebab;

a) Sebelum ni tak pernah buat sewing project guna teknik sulaman Bullion. Sekali buat terus jadik, kebanggaan pertama..

b) Sebenarnya, kain nih was meant to be scrapped untuk 'cuba dulu teknik yang tak pernah buat sebelum buat atas kain cantik', in this case, the Bullion technique.. Tapi sebab first try menjadi and it turned out OK, maka tercetus idea untuk buat handphone cover.. Bermakna di sini, I managed to turn scrap into something usable.. kebanggaan kedua (Despite the feeling yang i rasa cam cacats jek rupa handphone cover i nih..)

Initially, I meant to give it to a friend, tapi sebab kualiti kurang menarik, maka simpan untuk diri sendiri je laa.. Lagipun, kenangan ok, kenangan! Baru jek rasa cam tanak buat dah tapi my mum dah pesan satu untuk dia, tapi nak colour gelap, sebab kalau putih nanti cepat kotor.. Hoho.. Berpanas lagi lah nampak gayanya kat bilik si bibik..

Cheerios!